When a federal judge sentenced former Arizona lawmaker Ben Arredondo to probation and home confinement Wednesday on public-corruption charges, he acknowledged that the community may think that another "public official will have a get-out-of-jail free card."

Former state Rep. Ben Arredondo faces a sentencing hearing today for public-corruption charges that could result in the longtime politician becoming the second Arizona lawmaker in less than a year to be sentenced to a term in federal prison.

In his first State of the City address, Tempe Mayor Mark Mitchell promised to eliminate the city's blight and work to keep hometown carrier US Airways in Tempe in some fashion if it merges with American Airlines as expected.